Suzanne Kae Biely [#158643], 75, of Tucson, Arizona, was disbarred effective Dec. 30, 2017, and ordered to notify her clients of the discipline and perform other obligations under rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. The State Bar Court found that Biely did not participate in a State Bar disciplinary proceeding. Her default was entered and the factual allegations against her were deemed admitted. Biely was found to have failed to file with the State Bar a declaration of compliance and to timely submit a quarterly report as part of the conditions attached to her prior disciplinary probation. That two-year probation and two-year suspension arose in 2015 when Biely stipulated that she had failed to complete an interstate adoption matter that she had been hired to perform, failed to respond to her client's requests for status reports and failed to account for the fees she received. She retired after failing to take reasonable steps to avoid prejudice to the clients. In a second matter Biely represented a client in a divorce and probate matter. She disbursed $147,077.40 to herself as advances for attorney’s fees and costs from the client’s estate without prior authorization while acting in her capacity as executrix and administrator of the estate, an act involving moral turpitude. She distributed assets of the estate without a prior court order. In aggravation she committed multiple acts of misconduct. In mitigation, she practiced for more than 10 years with no record of discipline and she produced witnesses to her good character.